hope of being reinforced by Kirby Smith is at last given up. After exhausting the militia of Alabama and Eastern Mississippi, which may amount to ten thousand more, if they have the power to force them out, I cannot for my life see how the enemy can make up the wastage of their army.
I know the rebel army, when it was joined by Polk just before the fight at Resaca, was seventy-one thousand strong.
This included Polk, and besides the additions before mentioned, it has received a brigade (Harding's) of at least three thousand from Mobile.
This gives the enormous loss to them, since the campaign, of fifty-two thousand men. What possible chance is there for these thirty-three thousand now before us?
These figures may seem exaggerations, but they are not — they are realities; and when it is remembered that we have taken twelve thousand prisoners, have had no less than twelve engagements, where from one to three corps have been in battle, with the ordinary desertions and losses from d
Charles, Sergt.,3d Mass. Cav.,Cedar Creek, Va.,Oct. 19, 1864.
Hanson, Henry,56th Mass. Inf.,Before Petersburg, Va.,June 30, 1864.
Hanson, Robert M.,12th Mass. Inf.,Wilderness, Va.,May 6, 1864.
Hapgood, Oliver, 1st Sergt.,19th Mass. Inf.,Glendale, Va.,June 30, 1862.
Harburn, William M.,39th Mass. Inf.,Before Petersburg, Va.,Aug. 18, 1864.
Harding, Christopher,37th Mass. Inf.,Petersburg, Va.,June 16, 1864.
Harding, Thomas, Sergt.,1st Mass. Inf.,Blackburn's Ford, Va.,July 18, 1861.
Harding, William,39th Mass. Inf.,Spotsylvania, Va.,May 10, 1864.
Hardy, Franklin,1st Mass. H. A.,Before Petersburg, Va.,Oct. 2, 1864.
Hardy, George B.,12th Mass. Inf.,Wilderness, Va.,May 5, 1864.
Hardy, Granville, Sergt.,17th Mass. Inf.,Goldsboroa, N. C.,Dec. 17, 1862.
Hare, Dennis,36th Mass. Inf.,Spotsylvania, Va.,May 12, 1864.
Harley, William H., Capt.,58th Mass. Inf.,Spotsylvania, Va.,May 12, 1864.
Harlow, C. Francis, 1st Sergt.,29th Mass. Inf.,Petersburg, Va.,March 25, 1865.
Harmon, Jean M.59
Charles, Sergt.,3d Mass. Cav.,Cedar Creek, Va.,Oct. 19, 1864.
Hanson, Henry,56th Mass. Inf.,Before Petersburg, Va.,June 30, 1864.
Hanson, Robert M.,12th Mass. Inf.,Wilderness, Va.,May 6, 1864.
Hapgood, Oliver, 1st Sergt.,19th Mass. Inf.,Glendale, Va.,June 30, 1862.
Harburn, William M.,39th Mass. Inf.,Before Petersburg, Va.,Aug. 18, 1864.
Harding, Christopher,37th Mass. Inf.,Petersburg, Va.,June 16, 1864.
Harding, Thomas, Sergt.,1st Mass. Inf.,Blackburn's Ford, Va.,July 18, 1861.
Harding, William,39th Mass. Inf.,Spotsylvania, Va.,May 10, 1864.
Hardy, Franklin,1st Mass. H. A.,Before Petersburg, Va.,Oct. 2, 1864.
Hardy, George B.,12th Mass. Inf.,Wilderness, Va.,May 5, 1864.
Hardy, Granville, Sergt.,17th Mass. Inf.,Goldsboroa, N. C.,Dec. 17, 1862.
Hare, Dennis,36th Mass. Inf.,Spotsylvania, Va.,May 12, 1864.
Harley, William H., Capt.,58th Mass. Inf.,Spotsylvania, Va.,May 12, 1864.
Harlow, C. Francis, 1st Sergt.,29th Mass. Inf.,Petersburg, Va.,March 25, 1865.
Harmon, Jean M.59
Hanley, J. W., 34th Mass. Inf., 521
Hanley, Michael, 521
Hannaford, E. F., 370
Hannan, Joseph, 370
Hannigan, Michael, 370
Hanscom, C. J., 370
Hanscom, S. C., 370
Hansler, Charles, 370
Hanson, H. C., 521
Hanson, Henry, 370
Hanson, J., 521
Hanson, J. W., 19, 20, 27
Hanson, R. M., 370
Hapgood, Oliver, 370
Harbourne, J. H., 129
Harburn, W. M., 370
Harden, E., 521
Harding, C. C., 521
Harding, Christopher, 370
Harding, H. A., 275
Harding, T. N., 459
Harding, Thomas, 370
Harding, William, 370
Hardy, Charles, 522
Hardy, D. S., 522
Hardy, E. J., 459
Hardy, Franklin, 370
Hardy, G. B., 370
Hardy, Granville, 370
Hare, Dennis, 370
Hare, Thomas, 522
Harley, W. H., 120, 370
Harlow, C. F., 370
Harlow, F. P., 76, 95, 99, 208
Harlow, H. G., 522
Harlow, W. S., 522
Harmon, J. M., 370
Harmon, M. T., 459
Harmon, W. H., 371
Harnett, Garrett, 371
Harney, Richard, 459
Harnscott, F., 522
Harradon, J. J., 522
Harridon, E. B., 371
Harrigan, Jeremiah, 492
Harriman, Mr
olid and beautiful cenotaph are graven, in letters of stone, the following names:—
Lieut. Col. J. G. Chambers, Lieut., William H. Burbank, Edward Gustine, L. M. Fletcher, Frank A. Keen, E. Sprague, D. T. Newcomb, D. Nolan, A. H. Stacy, D. McGillicuddy, S. Harding, J. Stetson, J. M Powers, C. W. Willis, F. Curtin, James Haley, J. P. Hubbell, James Bierne, A. Joyce, Patrick Gleason, Augustus Tufts, R. Livingston, F. J. Curtis, B. J. Ellis, H. G. Currell, E. Ireland, William H. Rogers, William Harding, H. R. Hathaway, H. Mills, G. H. Lewis, J. M. Garrett,
Probably a misprint.
Carret? D. S. Cheney, R. W. Cheslyn, M. O'Connell, Sergt. S. M. Stevens, Sergt. J. T. Morrison, J. M. Fletcher, E. B. Hatch, R. C. Hathaway, G. H. Champlin, C. H. Coolidge, S. W. Joyce.
The front side, in raised letters, reads thus: In honor of the Medford Volunteers who sacrificed their lives in defence of the Union.
Fallen heroes leave fragrant memories.
1866. Forty-three self-sacrificing patriots.
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